Offices, Retail and Industrial Space in Doncaster

Doncaster ( /ˈdɒŋkɑːstə/,[1] Old English: Donne ceaster) is a town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is about 20 miles (32 km) from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny". Doncaster has an international airport, and in recent years its centre has undergone regeneration including the development of an Education City campus, currently the largest education investment of its kind in the UK. Doncaster has also recently extended the Frenchgate Centre, a shopping centre and transport interchange.Over the past two years or so, the Doncaster Lakeside, which is home to the Doncaster Rovers ground has undergone major development. With the opening of the Lakeside Village, a major retail outlet with over 45 retail shops and restaurants, the area is becoming more attractive to tourists.According to the 2001 census, the urban sub-area of Doncaster had a population of 67,977. Together with Bentley and Armthorpe, it forms an urban area with a population of 127,851. The wider metropolitan borough had a 2001 population of around 286,866[2] projected as nearly 297,000 for 2011.

Distribution centresDue to its proximity to major urban centres and motorway/rail infrastructure, Doncaster is home to a number of major distribution centres. These include an International Rail Freight Centre at Black Bank from where goods are transported to Europe by rail. Huge warehousing and logistic capabilities for retailers such as Next, Tesco, Ikea, Exel, Amazon.com and Faberge also exist, the B&Q Distribution Centre next to the dfs UK headquarters at Redhouse A1(M) Junction 38 was the largest free-standing warehouse in the UK[when?]. A significant proportion of fresh and frozen goods for Northern Supermarkets is dispatched by road from Doncaster.On 5 March 2004, Doncaster was granted Fairtrade Town status.

At a National Level, Doncaster is situated on the A1(M) and M18 motorways, and is within 20 minutes of the key M1 and M62 motorways. Doncaster is also an important railway town with a station on the East Coast Main Line. The 15-mile (24 km) A1(M) motorway bypass cost £6 million and was opened by Ernest Marples in 1961. The former route is now the A638, and partly the A614 to Blyth.